Tuesday 12th February: Work party meets at Brownster’s Cafe, High Street, Clydach between 8 and 9 am. Work commences at 9.30 am at Ynysmeudwy Locks, where we will complete the removal of vegetation from the pound between the locks.

The Annual General Meeting will be held at Vardre Rugby Club on Monday 7th January 2019 at 7 p.m. Work Party meets at Brownsters Cafe, High Street, Clydach between 8.00 and 9.00am on Tuesdy. Work will be at Ynysmeudwy Lock.

TUESDAY 28TH NOVEMBER: Work party meets at Brownsters Cafe, High Street, Clydach between 8.00 and 9.00am. Work starts at 9.15 at the Old Highways Depot, Pontardawe Road, Clydach. Final work on the towpath edging, foundations and the security fencing to be completed prior to a site visit by the tarmac contractors which will take place...

What a delight it was to welcome Liz McIvor and her family to the Swansea Canal yesterday. Liz has been the Society’s patron since November 2015 and this was her first visit to the canal, though she did live in Fforestfach for a short time whist working with miners groups. Liz is, of course, the...

Our AGM was held last night at the Vardre Rugby Club in Clydach. Both Hywel Lewis (pictured left) and Andy Ellis’s appointments met with unanimous approval. Hywel volunteered to be our Membership Secretary and Andy Ellis, having been proposed and seconded by existing Trustees, was made our seventh Trustee. The post of a specific Membership...

We are absolutely overcome with delight that Liz McIvor has agreed to be the Patron of the Swansea Canal Society. Liz is the writer and presenter of the BBC4 series ‘Canals: The Making of a Nation. She has also written the book to accopmapny the series. Liz works full time as the Curator of Social...

Martin, Gill and Liz attended the meeting in Cardiff. Lots of interesting conversations were had and the Society was mentioned in the speeches as contributing 11,000 hours of volunteering in the last year. That equates to a donation in kind of about £77,000. Despite a...

We would like to welcome Gordon Walker as our new Chairman. Gordon was elected to the post, at the AGM on the resignation of the previous Chairman. Gordon, who is known to most people in the area,has many and varied skills and talents He is also an Independent County Councillor for Clydach, the Society’s Maintenance...

David Henry our Chairman who resigned at our AGM due to many other commitments. We would like to express our appreciation of the work David has put in. He agreed to take the role at a difficult time for the society in October 2013. He has been a resolute and articulate defender of the society’s...